If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go. – John Burroughs
Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral. – John Burroughs
Every walk to the woods is a religious rite, every bath in the stream is a saving ordinance. Communion service is at all hours, and the bread and wine are from the heart and marrow of Mother Earth. – John Burroughs
Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thing on a man. – John Burroughs